Spurs take on Monaco at a sold-out Wembley on Wednesday in what will be their return to Champions League football after being knocked out in the quarter-finals by Real Madrid five years ago.
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That closed last week with Son still a Spurs player, though, and having opted to return home early from global duty with South Korea to fight for his place in Pochettino’s side, he responded by netting a brace in a 4-0 win over the Potters after replacing Erik Lamela in the starting line-up.
“It’s true that we started the game a little sloppy but after 15 or 20 minutes we got on top, scored the goal and started to handle the game”.
“We have forgotten the past”.
Onomah made his debut at White Hart Lane after coming on as a substitute in a 4-2 FA Cup replay victory against Burnley on January 14, 2015, and went on to make 19 first team appearances that season, mostly coming off the bench.
“Did I think we would win the league?”
“It is true that today, Stoke City try and play attractive football and they have signed good players like Bony, and last season Shaqiri, they have Arnautovic and (Giannelli) Imbula, they are a very good team”.
“Everyone is waiting for him to score a goal”.
“I think we’ve got a stronger squad than past year”, the England worldwide said. It’s always important for strikers to score. “He will be happy”.
Tottenham Hotspur unveil new signing Moussa Sissoko on August 31, 2016 in Enfield, England.
Son was linked with the likes of VfL Wolfsburg in Germany after a hard first season at Spurs but his performance yesterday is, Spurs fans hope, a sign of things to come at White Hart Lane this season.
He said: “Our power is not on the financial side, our power is our facilities and the way we play”.
It was a miserable afternoon for the home side, who also had boss Mark Hughes sent to the stands in the first half.
– Stoke have won just one of their last seven Premier League matches at home (D2 L4).
“I’m really delighted to sign for this team”, he said. So let’s put that to bed.
“I came out of my technical area”. I was a bit upset.
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“They were two decisions I thought should have gone our way”.
